Section I: Fundamental Issues in Information System Outsourcing -- 1. Conceptual Evolution of Business Organizations into Outsourcing-Insourcing Alliance Networks -- 2. Why, When, and What to Outsource -- 3. Planning for Information Systems Outsourcing -- 4. Strategic and Tactical Planning of Outsourcing in MIS --

Section II: Decision-Making Issues in Management Information Systems Outsourcing -- 5. Establishing Performance Metrics for Managing the Outsourced MIS Project -- 6. The Case for Centralized IT Contract Management: A Four Force Model -- 7. Decision-Making Methods in MIS Outsourcing: Case Studies of Successes and Failures -- 8. Lessons Learned from Successes and Failures in Information Systems Outsourcing -- 9. Information System Outsourcing Decision: Case Study on the Automotive Industry -- 10. Outsourcing Information Technology: The Role of Social Capital -- 11. Outsourcing of Services by Service Firms: An Empirical Investigation --

Section III: Risk Issues in Management Information Systems Outsourcing -- 12. Outsourcing and Information Systems Development: How Complementary Corporate Cultures Minimize the Risks of Outsourced Systems Projects -- 13. Managing Risks of IT Outsourcing -- 14. A Framework for Evaluating Outsourcing Risk --

Section IV: Quantitative Methods in Management Information System Outsourcing -- 15. A Goal Programming Model for Evaluating Outsourcing Partners on a Global Scale -- 16. Real Option Appraisal in R&D Outsourcing -- 17. The Application of Real Options to the R&D Outsourcing Decision -- 18. An Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Strategic Outsourcing for Effective Supply-Chain Linkages -- 19. Is the Business Model Broken? A Model of the Difference Between Pay-Now and Pay-Later Contracts in IT Outsourcing -- About the Authors -- Index.